Port Chicago (Calif.)

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Name (Latin)
Port Chicago (Calif.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Port Chicago, Calif
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 126680062
Wikidata: Q7230540
Library of congress: n 81086366
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Wikipedia description:

Port Chicago was a town on the southern banks of Suisun Bay, in Contra Costa County, California. It was located 6.5 miles (10 km) east-northeast of Martinez, at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). It is best known as the site of a devastating explosion at its Naval Munitions Depot during World War II.

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